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...celebrate what she says have been "the most beautiful years of my life," Hungarian-born Jolie Gabor, seventyish, invited 300 of the "beautiful, elegant people of Palm Springs" for a little get-together. The occasion: the 20th anniversary of her marriage to Manhattan Jeweler Edmond de Szigethy, ten years her junior. Jolie's daughters were there, of course: Eva, who has had five husbands so far, Zsa Zsa, seven, and Magda, six. Jolie, who found contentment on her third try, sighs that the girls will not listen to her advice, namely, that "they don't have to marry...
Died. Tilly Losch, seventyish, prima ballerina of the 1920s and '30s, whose supple, fluid movements enchanted audiences of the Vienna State Ballet until she began a second career that included musicals with the Astaires and roles in such movies as The Good Earth and The Garden of Allah; of cancer; in Manhattan...
...still life. Also, Southerners' tastes have changed. George R. ("Bob") Powell, special agent in charge of the Division of Alcohol, Tax and Firearms station in Wilkesboro, N.C., observes: "You'll notice that even poor people like good liquor these days." Another explanation comes from a seventyish great-grandmother who operates a general store in North Carolina's moonshine capital of Wilkes County: "All these kids want to do these days," she maintains, "is smoke thet marry-wanna...
Died. Menasha Skulnik, seventyish, irrepressible Yiddish comedian and Broadway actor (The Fifth Season, The Flowering Peach, The Zulu and the Zayda) for 60 years; in Manhattan. His explanation for his popularity: "People laugh not from the jokes but from the situations I am in. I play the little guy -the schlemiel-against the world...
Died. Enid Blyton, seventyish, prolific British author of calm, cozy children's books; of a coronary thrombosis; in a London hospital. Despite criticism that her work was sentimental, few bedtimes were complete without a story about Toyland, inhabited by Little Noddy the Pixie and Mr. Plod the Policeman. She authored some 400 titles (translated into 33 languages), and her sales in Britain alone topped the 85 million mark...